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Plagued, engulfed, crushed to the point of surrender:  Besieged doctors cry for help

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Philippines Philippine healthcare system was already walking in crutches By Joel Pablo Salud Healthcare is the nation’s ability to address concerns related to the public’s well-being, be it physical, emotional, psychological.  The arrival of Covid-19 in Jan. 2020 tested our country’s capacity to contain the virus. While there are no easy answers to the continuing […]

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May 7, 1981 - August 3, 2016 . (Photo composite by PCN.com from Caitlin Press)

Rani Rivera: Honouring a young poet and daughter

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4th update: August 14, 2020, 4:41 PM 3rd update: August 8,2020, 8:10 AM 2nd Upate: August 8, 2020, 8 AM First update: August 8, 2020, 7 AM Toronto, Ontario The recent visit to The Hub brought back memories of how Rani Rivera came to start the project. Here’s what her parents posted on Facebook. Children

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on August 2, 2020. (Photo credit: KING RODRIGUEZ/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Is the Philippines winning the war against Covid-19?

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2nd Update: August 3, 2020, 10:56 AM Updated: August 3, 2020, 10:35 AM Philippines   By Joel Pablo Salud   As the world slept on the eve of the Ghost Month—August—the new coronavirus swept across the archipelago and breached the 100,000 mark. The latest Department of Health (DOH) figure reached a staggering: 103,185 confirmed cases

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Francis Arevalo was the first to be featured in Kimmortal's new podcast, 'Faces'. (Image by Kimmortal)

Mental illness: How Francis Arevalo turned to music for healing

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Vancouver, B.C.     Originally released in 2017, The Lion documentary invites you into the story that I tell on The Sound of Healing project, that of living with bipolar disorder and my journey of healing through music. Watch The Lion Documentary: https://youtu.be/kD1Qa2c4Kow Listen to The Sound of Healing: Further reading: https://philippinecanadiannews.com/canada/mental-illness-francis-arevalo-lost-found-music/

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Nawawala: 77-year old Teresa Gabriel missing since Saturday

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Vancouver Police are requesting the public’s help in locating a missing 77-year-old woman who suffers from dementia. Teresa Gabriel was last seen at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the area of East 45th Avenue and Tyne Street. Gabriel is five feet tall with a medium build. She has shoulder length gray and brown hair and is believed to

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Jeffrey Reodica May 6, 1987 - May 24, 2004 (Photo: Facebook, 'Remembering Jeffrey Reodica')

Police shootings: Remembering the killing of Jeffrey Reodica, 16 years ago

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In memory of Jeffrey Reodica – killed by police for holding a ‘stone’. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” – John.8 Ted Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Seven years ago on July 31, 2013, I wrote this editorial about police shootings and innocent lives lost,

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The Philippines Graphic Editor-in-Chief Joel Pablo Salud's exclusive interview with then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte in February 19, 2015. (Photo: Alma Anonas-Carpio/Philippines Graphic)

Duterte’s looking-glass world and the idolatry of death

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4th Update, July 31, 2020,8 PM 3rd update: July 31, 2020, 9:53 AM 2nd Update: July 31, 2020, 8:42 AM Updated: July 31, 2020, 8:05 AM   By Joel Pablo Salud  July 30, 2020 Salud is the author of several books of fiction and political nonfiction. Member: Philippine Center for International PEN, Unyon ng Manunulat

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Me, at 14 years old. (Photo: Generoso Zamora)

Beginning a new series: Our stories – I was the ingenious bootblack…

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Updated: December 25, 2021, 6:45 A.M. Updated: July 29, 2020, 7:15 PM   Beginning a new series… Nanawagan kami sa lahat na magpadala ng inyong kuwento… Mga kuwento sa lipunan My story, your story – our stories. I was the Ingenious Bootblack   By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com It was one of our

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Joe and Patty Rivera team up for an art and poetry performance. (Photo composite by PCN.com)

Rivera couple exihibit works

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‘Life in the time of Covid’ Joe & Patty Rivera Toronto, Ontario The works of Toronto couple Joe & Patty Rivera will be on view at a livestream performance on Saturday, August 1, 2020. ‘Life in the time of Covid’ is a poetry performance by Toronto poet Patria Rivera who will read her Haiku poetry.

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Dr. May Farrales, (Ph.D) is the first Filipino to be appointed Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU). (Photo: SFU)

Breaking:May Farrales, Ph.D., first Filipino to get professiorial appointment to Simon Fraser University(SFU)

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3rd Update: July 27, 2020, 4:14 PM 2nd Update: July 27, 2020, 2:30 PM First Update: July 27, 2020, 1:42 PM Importance of research with Filipinx communities including LGBTQ Burnaby, B.C. Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com May Farrales, PhD joins the faculty of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) as an Assistant Professor

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